• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1995년도 제16회 생물과학 심포지움 강연록
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• pp.11-28
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• 1995

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• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.389-395
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• 2015

The composition of the Martes flavigula diet has been extensively studied, but little is known about its insect component. This study characterized the insect diet and insect nest materials in the feces of M. flavigula. A total of 952 fecal samples were collected in Jirisan National Park from January 2009 to November 2011, and 1379 species or taxonomic groups were identified. M. flavigula fed on insects (8.7%) and bee wax (5.0%), which comprised 2.9% and 4.4% of the dry weight of M. flavigula feces, respectively. A total of 12 insect species belonging to 8 families in 3 orders were identified. The most frequently found insects were Hymenoptera (frequency of occurrence, FO, 89.1), including Vespa simillima simillima (FO, 37.3) and Vespula koreensis koreensis (FO, 20.0). The Vespidae constituted the majority of the insect diet in autumn when the diversity of marten's prey was strongly reduced, probably because the numbers of social insects were sufficient for M. flavigula. In addition, the data suggest that M. flavigula attacks the nests of social wasps in late autumn when males do not have a venomous sting and new queens are less aggressive than workers. Bee wax appeared in all seasons and the highest rate was from spring to early summer. However, the remains of honeybees were not found in feces; thus, M. flavigula presumably eats honey but not honeybees.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제49권4호
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• pp.719-736
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• 2022

Environmental risk assessment of living modified (LM) crops is essential for their cultivation. In this study, we cultivated β-carotene enhanced transgenic soybean (LM soybean) and non-LM soybean (Gwangan) in living modified organism (LMO) isolated fields, and investigated changes in the insect fauna using three types of collection methods for three years. In total, 331,483 individual insects and arachnids, representing 82 families in 14 orders, were captured during the study. Totals of 166,518 and 164,965 individual insects and arachnids were collected from LM soybean and Gwangan, respectively. Throughout the study, although there were differences between the investigation year, region, and methods, there were no significant differences between the population densities of insect pests, natural enemies, and other insects on LM soybean and non-LM soybean. Also, there were no statistically significant differences between varieties in the results of the species diversity analysis. The data on insect species population densities were subjected to multidimensional scaling (MDS), which did not distinguish between the two varieties, LM soybean and the non-LM soybean, in all cultivated fields. However, the results of the MDS analysis were completely divided into six groups based on the yearly survey areas. These results provided the insect diversity for an environmental risk assessment of LM soybean and suggested that the guideline could be useful to detect LM crops.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.375-383
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• 2007

곤충의 채집방법, 횟수 및 시기와 채집된 곤충의 종류 및 개체수에 대한 상관관계를 조사하기 위하여 충북대학교 내 4곳을 선정, 일 년간 봄부터 가을까지 매 2주마다 채집을 실시, 총 16회 조사를 하였다. 각 장소마다 light trap, net sweeping, pitfall trap, window trap의 4가지 채집방법을 병행 실시하여 결과를 비교분석하였다. 모두 14목 672종이 조사되었으며, 전체 종수의 75%인 501종이 채집된 유아등 채집(light trap)방법이 18% 또는 그 이하의 종수를 기록한 타 채집방법들에 비해 보다 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 또한 각 채집시기에서 채집된 종이 2주 후의 채집에서 다시 채집되는 비율이 평균 30% 정도 밖에 되지 않았다. 결과적으로 곤충다양성 조사에 있어서 보다 의미 있는 결과를 확보하기 위해서는 다양한 채집방법과 함께 채집의 빈도(sampling window)를 높이는 것이 특히 중요한 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.363-373
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• 2007

우리나라 도시 및 공단지역의 농경지에 대해 서식하고 있는 지표곤충 및 평가지수를 이용하여 농업생태계 내의 환경상태를 평가하고자 2004년부터 2006년까지 곤충 서식환경이 다른 지역을 대상으로 곤충 상을 조사하였다. 각 조사지역 내에서의 서식식물을 조사하여 식생을 평가한 결과 농업지역의 자연성이 좋았으며, 도시지역 과 공단지역은 자연환경 상태가 다소 떨어졌다. 각 지역별 수질, 토양 및 대기환경을 조사한 결과 농업지역에 비해 도시지역과 공단지역의 수질, 토양중금속, 대기 등 오염이 더 심한 것으로 나타났다. 5월부터 10월까지 서식곤충을 조사한 결과 조사지역 모두 6월부터 8월까지 가장 많은 곤충이 채집되었으며, 농업지역은 총 12목 106과 166종, 도시지역은 11목 102과 148종, 공단지역은 11목 100과 152종으로 농업지역에서 가장 많은 곤충이 서식하고 있었다. 목별로는 딱정벌레목의 곤충이 가장 많이 서식하였으며, 곤충 군집분석 결과 다양도 지수는 농업지역이 2.36으로 도시지역(1.92)과 공단지역(1.28) 보다 높았다. 이상의 결과를 종합하여 평가 항목별 기준을 보면 양호한 지역은 농업지역이며, 곤충 다양성 지수 2.1이상, 지표곤충은 남방폭탄먼지벌레, 환경조건은 수질 BOD 4.8 ml/L, 토양중금속 Cd 0.06 ppm이하였다. 보통인 지역은 도시지역이며, 곤충 다양성 지수 1.5-2.0, 지표곤충은 끝동매미충, 환경조건은 수질 BOD 10.98 ml/L, 토양중금속 Cd 0.30 ppm이하였다. 그리고 불량한 지역은 공단지역이며, 곤충 다양성 지수 1.5미만, 지표곤충은 콩잎벌레, 환경조건은 수질 BOD 29.7 ml/L, 토양중금속 Cd 1.01 ppm이었다. 따라서 도시 및 공단지역은 농업지역에 비해 곤충이 서식할 수 있는 환경조건, 특히 식생, 수질, 토양환경이 떨어졌으며, 서식하고 있는 곤충 종수, 개체수 등 서식밀도가 낮은 것으로 보아 이들 농경지에 대한 건전성을 평가할 수 있는 일부 기준이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.545-553
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• 2012

In Asia, including Japan and Korea, rice paddies occupy the largest cultivated area in agricultural land. Rice paddies provide the habitats for many organisms including endemic species, sustaining high biodiversity. Insect natural enemies inhabiting rice paddies have an important function for rice production as agents of 'ecosystem services' because they play a major role in suppressing rice pests. The diversity and abundance of natural enemies can be a good index reflecting the 'healthiness' of agro-ecosystem services in rice paddies. The present study investigates whether insect natural enemies could be good biological indicators for general arthropod biodiversity and agricultural practice. First, the concept of ideal bio-indicators was summarized. The strategy to explore and select such bio-indicators was then proposed. Lastly, field survey was made to evaluate the abundance and biodiversity of natural enemies in Japanese rice paddies where chemical inputs, i.e., insecticide use, were different. The results showed that reduction of chemical inputs led to an increase in species richness or diversity of natural enemies including parasitoids and predators. Then, the data were analyzed to examine suitable indicator species to assess environmental soundness of agricultural practice and biodiversity in rice paddies. The density of several species of natural enemies did respond both to pesticide use and to general arthropod biodiversity. The analyses thus have indicated that natural enemies can be suitable as bio-indicators. Usefulness of indicator species in rice paddies is discussed in the context of ecologically sound agriculture.

• 농촌계획
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.23-32
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• 2008

Landscape structure is important to understand a complex patterns and interaction with adjacent habitat in rural area. The aim of this study is to analyze relationship between landscape structure and insect spatial distribution in rural area to suggest applicable possibility of landscape structure as biological indicator. For this purpose, first, four landscape structure criteria such as distance from the forest; density of farmland-forest ecotone; landscape continuity; and field size are selected. Secondly, these criteria are applied to Gangsang-myeon, Yangpyeong-gun where mosaic feature are conserved at various spatial scale. Thirdly, application of landscape structure criteria is verified using correlation with species number, species diversity, and species richness of insect. As a result, it could be suggested that the landscape structure criteria are useful for explaining insect spatial distribution.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.976-986
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• 2018

Knowledge about the gut bacterial communities associated with insects is essential to understand their roles in the physiology of the host. In the present study, the gut bacterial communities of a laboratory-reared insecticide-susceptible (IS), and a field-collected insecticide-resistant (IR) population of a major rice pest, the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens, were evaluated. The deep-sequencing analysis of the V3 hypervariable region of the 16S rRNA gene was performed using Illumina and the sequence data were processed using QIIME. The toxicological bioassays showed that compared with the IS population, IR population exhibited 7.9-, 6.7-, 14.8-, and 18.7-fold resistance to acephate, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, and buprofezin, respectively. The analysis of the alpha diversity indicated a higher bacterial diversity and richness associated with the IR population. The dominant phylum in the IS population was Proteobacteria (99.86%), whereas the IR population consisted of Firmicutes (46.06%), followed by Bacteroidetes (30.8%) and Proteobacteria (15.49%). Morganella, Weissella, and Enterococcus were among the genera shared between the two populations and might form the core bacteria associated with N. lugens. The taxonomic-to-phenotypic mapping revealed the presence of ammonia oxidizers, nitrogen fixers, sulfur oxidizers and reducers, xylan degraders, and aromatic hydrocarbon degraders in the metagenome of N. lugens. Interestingly, the IR population was found to be enriched with bacteria involved in detoxification functions. The results obtained in this study provide a basis for future studies elucidating the roles of the gut bacteria in the insecticide resistance-associated symbiotic relationship and on the design of novel strategies for the management of N. lugens.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.674-679
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• 2006

Biodiversity of yeasts was investigated in the ginseng cultivation field. Among 34 isolates tested in this study, 26 isolates belonged to the hymenomycetous yeast group. These 26 strains were classified into 12 species including four new-species candidates that did not have clear affiliation to any established species. Seven isolates among the remaining strains were classified into three ascomycetous yeast species, and one isolate was identified as a urediniomycetous yeast species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.157-159
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• 2010

We report one hemerobiid species, Micromus angulatus (Stephens, 1836), for the first time in Korea. Diagnosis and photographs of the species are provided.